Members of the Linfield College Concert Choir will present the final concert from their Hawaiian tour Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield.
The choir took part in a six-day concert tour throughout Oahu, Hawaii, Feb. 3-8, where they performed for and interacted with various communities along the way, sharing music, providing service and engaging in cultural exchange. The program at Linfield, under the direction of Anna Song, assistant professor of music, will encompass a wide variety of tour music including songs from New Zealand, Latvia, and Hawaii, along with works by Britten, Handel, Finzi and Hassler.
“The choir tour supports Linfield’s mission to connect learning, life and community,” said Faun Tiedge, Linfield Department of Music chair. “With music, we hope to share our appreciation for the people we meet and the places we visit in beautiful Hawaii. There are many students at Linfield who call Hawaii home.”
The Linfield College Concert Choir is the premier choral organization at Linfield. This select group of 40-50 voices was the first such ensemble in the Pacific Northwest and has toured every year since its formation in 1930, traveling throughout the western states, Hawaii, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, China, Southeast Asia and Costa Rica. The choir has also performed at state, regional and international conferences.
Song joined the Linfield music faculty in 2008. She holds a master of music in conducting from the School of Music and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University and recently completed her doctoral studies in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition to teaching at Linfield, she is co-founder and Artistic Director of In Mulieribus, a professional women’s ensemble that focuses on the performance of early music. The ensemble is regularly featured on national radio programs such as Performance Today and presents their own concert series in Portland.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Linfield Music Department, 503-883-2275 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts.
